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No". 536,370. 'Patented'Mar. 26., 1895.

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UNITED STATES P TENT FFIGEG CHRISTOPHER O. BRADLEY, OF SYRACUSE, NEWYORK, ASSIGNOR TO CHRISTOPHER O. BRADLEY, J R. OF SAME PLACE.

TOE-RAIL FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 536,370, dated March26, I895.

' Application filed December 10, 1894. Serial No. 531,345- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, CHRISTOPHER O. BRAD- LEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toe-Rails forVehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the too or foot rails which are secured in thefront portions of buggies and other vehicles for supporting It isdesirable to have these toe rails adjustable forwardly and backwardly sothat they can be placed in that position which is most comfortable forthe driver a tall person requiring the toe rail to be arranged fartherforwardly than a short person.

My invention has the object to provide sim-' ple means for making thetoe rail adjustable forwardly and backwardly in the vehicle.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectionalelevation of a toe rail embodying my improvement and having the frontends of the slotted supporting brackets secured to the upright frontportion of the vehicle body Fig. 2 is a fragmentary top plan viewthereof, showing one of the slotted brackets partly in section, thesection being taken in line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional elevation of a toe rail embodying my improvement and havingboth ends of the supporting brackets secured to the bottom or sill ofthe vehicle body. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a toerail embodying my improvement, showing the supporting brackets mountedon longitudinally slotted base bars or rails. Fig. 5 is cross section,in line 5--5, Fig. 4.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A represents the bottom or bottom sill and B the upright front portionof a vehicle body.

0 represents the toe rail arranged transversely above the bottom and inrear of the front portion of the vehicle body.

D represents the supporting brackets whereby both ends of the toe railare held in an elevated position and which are provided toe rail can beadjusted back and forth in a the slots of the brackets.

The rear arm 9 of the bracket may be so cured to the bottom or bottomsill of the ve-' hicle body and the front arm h beiextended upwardly andforwardly and secured to the upright front portion of the body, asrepresented in Figs. 1 and 2. If preferred the front arm g may extenddownwardly and be secured to the bottom of the vehicle body like therear arm, as represented in Fig. 3.

.In the construction represented in Figs. 4 and 5 each bracket I is adjustably supported on a base rail K which is secured to the bottom of thevehicle. This base rail is provided with a longitudinal slot Z intowhich the base of the bracket projects by means of depending lips m, themain portion of the base resting on the flat top of the base rail. Thebracket is secured to this rail-by an upright screw bolt n. Uponreleasing the bolts of both brackets the latter can be adjustedforwardly or backward] y on the slotted supporting rails, carrying thetoe rail with them which is secured to the upper ends of both brackets.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination with the toe rail, of slottedend supports and means whereby the toe rail can be adjusted forwardlyand backwardly on said slotted end supports, substantially as setforth..

2. The combination with the toe rail, of elevated supporting bracketsprovided with lo11- gitudinal slots in which the ends of the toe railare adjustably secured, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 2d day of October, 94.

CHRISTOPHER O. BRADLEY. Witnesses:

JULIE R. J ENNEY, EDWARD WILHELM.

